yugo mauser

billy · 01-28-2007, 10:08 AM

all $80 worth!

Pred · 01-28-2007, 10:31 AM

Still packed in cosmo? If so, have fun. I cleaned up my 24/47 a few weeks ago, spent 3 hours Saturday and 3 hours Sunday.

billy · 01-28-2007, 10:34 AM

oh no i cleaned this awhile back. a LOT of work

Spikestrip · 01-30-2007, 08:59 PM

Georgeous find Billy, you obviously hand-picked this one out yourself!

I've heard melting off the cosmo is another option that shortens the scrubbing time. Enclosing the rifle in black plastic garbage bags with newspaper wrapped around the rifle to absorb the cosmo while sitting in the hot sun gets most of it off... Or so I've heard...

.22guy · 01-30-2007, 09:36 PM

Where did you get it for 80 bucks?

billy · 01-30-2007, 09:41 PM

i have a window cleaning business, so i have a lot of rags. as in 100s of em. i gave it a BATH in eds red, a gun solvent,and went through about a dozen clean rags . so basically a solvent soaked rag then a clean dry one repeat ect. i always boil my small parts for quite awhile and pour off the cosmo that floats to the surface. when i think there done i take em out and they dry real quick from the heat then i wipe em down with solvent.oil and put em back together.tada! got it at big 5 i used the 10% online coupon and it was onsale

woodster · 01-30-2007, 09:45 PM

Last resort, there's always brake line cleaning fluid.

billy · 01-30-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by woodster

Last resort, there's always brake line cleaning fluid.

that stuff stinks but it works great and its cheap! i like the aerosol. ill use any of that crap. im kinda crazy that way.

Zen900 · 01-31-2007, 01:44 AM

Savage brags of their dual pillared bedding but if you look at a 60 yr old bare Mauser action it looks rather a large multipillared bedding. The whole thing is a large frame designed as bedding. Mausers were overbuilt. The bullets were too big and they were accurate at absurd distances. They kicked like mules and were loud as he** and virtually indestructable while being simple to maintain. The whole idea behind the Mauser was that if you were on the muzzle end that you would turn around and run away as soon as you heard one in the distance. The Mauser was mechanized overkill that was far ahead of it's time. If you just hold one it wreaks of a dark history.

billy · 01-31-2007, 04:33 PM

now its a warm n fuzzy paper puncher! with a sordid past...

mt3030 · 02-06-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Pred

Still packed in cosmo? If so, have fun. I cleaned up my 24/47 a few weeks ago, spent 3 hours Saturday and 3 hours Sunday.

I've just been approaching this task with WD-40. After seperating the woodwork from metal, take it ouside (if you want peace in the homestead). Hang the metal from a garage rafter, tree limb or cloths line. Put a bucket under it to catch the junk. Just spray the heck out of it. The cosmo will just drip off. Go after the bolt the same way. The action of the spray aids in the cleaning action. If you really feel froggy, use brake cleaner, but be warned. Some finishes and all plasics don't like it.

Full MeTal Jack · 02-07-2007, 09:43 PM

Nice one Billy
How does it group?
I had two 48s and got rid of both of them. Groupings inconsistant at best.

DWARREN123 · 02-08-2007, 09:21 AM

I think they be good rifles.

ninwnc · 02-08-2007, 12:04 PM

I bought one a few years ago and the "accuracy" was like rolling a marble out of a pipe. I traded it off. I hope you got a good one.

Nick

billy · 02-09-2007, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ninwnc

I bought one a few years ago and the "accuracy" was like rolling a marble out of a pipe. I traded it off. I hope you got a good one.

Nick

well its a little better than rolling a marble out of a pipe nick!
we have an 8 in. clanger set up @110yds. and i can hit that most of the time. im not crazy about the sights. its just hard for me to see whats going on.everything is so dark sightswise. but to be truthful i havent put it in a bench ect. and really tried to do something with it. but all in all its a good gun. i got to pick and choose out of 4.

01-28-2007, 10:08 AM	#1
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02-07-2007, 09:43 PM	#12
Full MeTal Jack Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,574 Images: 6	Nice one Billy How does it group? I had two 48s and got rid of both of them. Groupings inconsistant at best. __________________ [IMG]http://img287.echo.cx/img287/63/9130110x100a4vb.jpg

02-08-2007, 09:21 AM	#13
DWARREN123 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BETWEEN TN & KY Posts: 893	I think they be good rifles. __________________ Have a nice day!

01-28-2007, 10:31 AM	#2
Pred Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,873 Blog Entries: 3	Still packed in cosmo? If so, have fun. I cleaned up my 24/47 a few weeks ago, spent 3 hours Saturday and 3 hours Sunday.

01-28-2007, 10:34 AM	#3
billy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 15,745 Images: 10 Blog Entries: 158	oh no i cleaned this awhile back. a LOT of work

01-30-2007, 08:59 PM	#4
Spikestrip Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern "10 Day Wait" California Posts: 122	Georgeous find Billy, you obviously hand-picked this one out yourself! I've heard melting off the cosmo is another option that shortens the scrubbing time. Enclosing the rifle in black plastic garbage bags with newspaper wrapped around the rifle to absorb the cosmo while sitting in the hot sun gets most of it off... Or so I've heard...

01-30-2007, 09:36 PM	#5
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,426	Where did you get it for 80 bucks?

01-30-2007, 09:41 PM	#6
billy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 15,745 Images: 10 Blog Entries: 158	i have a window cleaning business, so i have a lot of rags. as in 100s of em. i gave it a BATH in eds red, a gun solvent,and went through about a dozen clean rags . so basically a solvent soaked rag then a clean dry one repeat ect. i always boil my small parts for quite awhile and pour off the cosmo that floats to the surface. when i think there done i take em out and they dry real quick from the heat then i wipe em down with solvent.oil and put em back together.tada! got it at big 5 i used the 10% online coupon and it was onsale

01-30-2007, 09:45 PM	#7
woodster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: High Desert, California Posts: 433	Last resort, there's always brake line cleaning fluid.

01-31-2007, 01:44 AM	#9
Zen900 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 727	Savage brags of their dual pillared bedding but if you look at a 60 yr old bare Mauser action it looks rather a large multipillared bedding. The whole thing is a large frame designed as bedding. Mausers were overbuilt. The bullets were too big and they were accurate at absurd distances. They kicked like mules and were loud as he** and virtually indestructable while being simple to maintain. The whole idea behind the Mauser was that if you were on the muzzle end that you would turn around and run away as soon as you heard one in the distance. The Mauser was mechanized overkill that was far ahead of it's time. If you just hold one it wreaks of a dark history.

01-31-2007, 04:33 PM	#10
billy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 15,745 Images: 10 Blog Entries: 158	now its a warm n fuzzy paper puncher! with a sordid past...

02-08-2007, 12:04 PM	#14
ninwnc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 435	I bought one a few years ago and the "accuracy" was like rolling a marble out of a pipe. I traded it off. I hope you got a good one. Nick